2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification decided the participating teams of the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship. The tournament is the 17th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia.

2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Host countries Palestine (Group A)
 Kyrgyzstan (Group B)
 Qatar (Group C)
 Bangladesh (Group D)
 Iran (Group E)
 Kuwait (Group F)
 Laos (Group G)
 Singapore (Group H)
 China (Group I)
 Vietnam (Group J)
 Mongolia (Group K)
Dates2–20 September 2015
Teams45 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored341 (5.59 per match)
Attendance71,152 (1,166 per match)
Top scorer(s) Park Jeong-in
Rasul Yuldoshov
(6 goals each)
2014
2018

A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including India who qualified automatically as hosts but also competed in the qualifying stage.[1]

Same as previous editions, the tournament acts as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top four teams of the final tournament will qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India as the AFC representatives, besides India who qualified automatically as hosts. If India are among the top four teams, the fifth-placed team (i.e., the losing quarter-finalist with the best record in the tournament) will also qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Draw

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The draw for the qualifiers was held on 5 June 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[2] A total of 45 teams entered the qualifying stage and were drawn into eleven groups.

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2014.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
West Zone
(Groups A–F)

  Iran
    Nepal
  Qatar
  Uzbekistan
  Saudi Arabia
  Syria

  Bahrain
  Kuwait
  Oman
  Tajikistan
  United Arab Emirates
  Yemen

  Afghanistan
  India
  Iraq
  Kyrgyzstan
  Pakistan
  Palestine

  Bangladesh
  Jordan
  Lebanon
  Maldives
  Sri Lanka
  Turkmenistan

East Zone
(Groups G–K)

  Australia
  Japan
  Malaysia
  North Korea
  South Korea

  China
  Hong Kong
  Laos
  Thailand
  Vietnam

  Brunei
  Chinese Taipei
  Myanmar
  Philippines
  Singapore

  Cambodia
  Guam
  Macau
  Mongolia
  Northern Mariana1

  East Timor

Note:
1 Non-FIFA member, ineligible for U-17 World Cup.

Player eligibility

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Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship.[4]

Format

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In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The eleven group winners and the four best runners-up from all groups qualified for the final tournament. If India were one of the group winners or best runners-up, the fifth-best runner-up also qualified for the final tournament.[1]

Tiebreakers

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The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[4]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  6. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  8. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Groups

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The matches were played between 2–6 September 2015 for Group H; 12–20 September 2015 for Group G (five-team group); 16–20 September 2015 for all other groups.[5]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and best four runners-up, and India as hosts, qualify for the finals.
Withdrawn

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 19 2 +17 9 Final tournament
2   Yemen 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
3   Palestine (H) 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4   Maldives 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Uzbekistan  8–0  Maldives
Yuldoshov   12', 50', 71'
Abdurakhmonov   60', 74', 86'
Karimov   62'
Muydinov   83'
Report
Yemen  2–0  Palestine
Sabarah   86', 90+3' Report

Maldives  0–6  Yemen
Report Aswad   23', 34'
Murshed   29'
Hamid   32' (o.g.)
Al-Khalil   43'
Saeed   75'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Palestine  0–6  Uzbekistan
Report Kholdorov   13'
Ismoilov   20'
Muydinov   29' (pen.), 33'
Soatov   83'
Urunov   89'

Uzbekistan  5–2  Yemen
Yuldoshov   23', 67', 69'
Muydinov   37'
Nematov   41'
Report Al-Hamdani   35'
Murshed   90+1'
Palestine  3–0  Maldives
Eleyan   11', 18'
Aburdaha   17'
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Kyrgyzstan (H) 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Final tournament
2   Oman 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3   Jordan 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
4     Nepal[a] 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ On 27 October 2015, the AFC announced that Nepal were penalized as a result of the player Manish Karki failing an MRI bone test.[6] Nepal were ruled to have forfeited all three matches where the ineligible player was fielded by a 3–0 scoreline.[7]
Nepal    0–3
Awarded[7]
  Jordan
Subba   27', 69' Report Abu Awad   90+2'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Oman  2–0  Kyrgyzstan
Al-Bakri   10'
Al-Khamisi   27'
Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)

Jordan  2–0  Oman
Kourdi   82'
Abu Awad   83'
Report
Kyrgyzstan  3–0
Awarded[7]
    Nepal
Boubaev   29'
Shigaibaev   31' (pen.)
Report Karki   55'
Subba   67'
Hemjan   73', 90+2'

Nepal    0–3
Awarded[7]
  Oman
Tamang   88' (pen.) Report Al-Zaabi   11'
Al-Khamisi   44' (pen.)
Al-Qaidi   90+2'
Kyrgyzstan  4–1  Jordan
Alykulov   11'
Shigaibaev   33'
Dzhakybaliev   72'
Orzobek   90+4'
Report Hbowal   48' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,400
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)

Group C

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  • All matches were held in Qatar.
  • Times listed were UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iraq 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Final tournament
2   Tajikistan 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3   Qatar (H) 3 1 0 2 5 2 +3 3
4   Turkmenistan 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Qatar  5–0  Turkmenistan
Al Ganehi   10'
Bahramen   40'
Ali   60', 90+4'
Saeed   83'
Report
Attendance: 200
Tajikistan  1–3  Iraq
Nematov   39' Report Jalil   45'
Abdulsada   45+2'
Jabbar   68'

Turkmenistan  1–5  Tajikistan
Garabekow   85' Report Fuzaylov   3'
Hanonov   45+3'
Jumaýew   50' (o.g.)
Muminov   67'
Qamchinov   82'
Attendance: 50
Iraq  1–0  Qatar
Jabbar   22' Report
Attendance: 300

Qatar  0–1  Tajikistan
Report Fuzaylov   82'
Iraq  5–0  Turkmenistan
Jabbar   19', 51' (pen.), 54'
Sartip   32'
Saleh   53'
Report
Attendance: 50

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 11 3 +8 6 Final tournament
2   United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 8 7 +1 3
3   Bangladesh (H) 2 0 0 2 2 11 −9 0
4   Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Saudi Arabia  5–1  Bangladesh
Report Nipu   29'

Bangladesh  1–6  United Arab Emirates
Report

Saudi Arabia  6–2  United Arab Emirates
Report

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran (H) 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 Final tournament
2   India 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6 Final tournament as hosts
3   Bahrain 3 1 0 2 2 12 −10 3
4   Lebanon 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bahrain  0–5  India
Report Gaston   16'
Chetri   20', 48'
Thangjam   29'
Wangjam   77'
Iran  3–1  Lebanon
Namdari   9' (pen.)
Ghobeishavi   12'
Sardari   47'
Report Kaawar   87'

Lebanon  1–2  Bahrain
Abdullah   17' Report Abdulrahim   38' (pen.), 51'
Attendance: 10
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
India  0–3  Iran
Report Sharifi   17'
Khodamoradi   43'
Ghaderi   65'

India  6–0  Lebanon
Report
Iran  6–0  Bahrain
Ghobeishavi   1'
Sharifi   18', 51'
Godarzi   45'
Sadeghi   65'
Davari   89'
Report

Group F

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  • All matches were held in Kuwait.
  • Times listed were UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Kuwait (H) 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Qualified for final tournament, but suspended
2   Syria 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3   Afghanistan 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
4   Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Afghanistan  2–2  Syria
Ali   29'
Saneh   56'
Report Malta   45+2'
Kanaan   70'

Kuwait  1–0  Afghanistan
Rashed   52' Report

Syria  0–0  Kuwait
Report

Group G

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  • All matches were held in Laos.
  • Times listed were UTC+7.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Malaysia 4 3 1 0 22 1 +21 10 Final tournament
2   Laos (H) 4 2 2 0 13 3 +10 8
3   East Timor 4 2 1 1 18 2 +16 7
4   Philippines 4 1 0 3 10 24 −14 3
5   Northern Mariana 4 0 0 4 2 35 −33 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
East Timor  8–0  Northern Mariana
Report
Philippines  1–6  Laos
Report Inthapanya   18', 34'
Bounkong   47'
Monlangsy   56'
Luangsisombath   75', 90+1'

Northern Mariana  0–13  Malaysia
Report
East Timor  9–0  Philippines
Report

Malaysia  1–0  East Timor
Arif   79' Report
Laos  5–0  Northern Mariana
Sengsavang   53', 56', 61'
Chaleunsouk   79'
Phoutthavong   81'
Report

Philippines  0–7  Malaysia
Report
Laos  1–1  East Timor
Report

Northern Mariana  2–9  Philippines
Report
Malaysia  1–1  Laos
Azahari   48' Report Chaleunsouk   45+1'

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   North Korea 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 Final tournament
2   Thailand 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3   Singapore (H) 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4   Cambodia 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
North Korea  7–0  Cambodia
Kung Jin-song   6', 53', 72'
Kwon Nam-hyok   29'
Kim Chung-jin   43', 60'
Kim Kyong-sok   50'
Report
Thailand  5–0  Singapore
Korawich   18', 59', 73'
Jinnawat   28', 45'
Report

Cambodia  0–1  Thailand
Report Korawich   13'
Singapore  0–3  North Korea
Report Yun Min   15'
Kye Tam   71'
Ri Song-jin   90'
Attendance: 621
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

North Korea  2–0  Thailand
Kye Tam   32'
Paek Kwang-min   62'
Report
Singapore  3–1  Cambodia
Kweh   69'
Khairul   81'
Jeferee   88'
Report Chanthea   48'
Attendance: 1,227
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Group I

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  • All matches were held in China.
  • Times listed were UTC+8.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea 3 3 0 0 27 0 +27 9 Final tournament
2   China (H) 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6
3   Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3
4   Macau 3 0 0 3 1 29 −28 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
China  1–0  Chinese Taipei
Chen Rong   78' Report
Attendance: 786
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)
South Korea  17–0  Macau
Park Jeong-in   7', 17', 24', 39', 52', 56'
Ko Jun-hee   10', 82'
Lee Dong-ryul   31', 58', 67'
Shin Sang-whi   36', 41', 70', 75'
Son Jae-hyeok   62'
Yu Je-ho   64'
Report

Macau  0–10  China
Report Zhou Junchen   8', 32'
Zhu Chenjie   17'
Chen Quanjiang   20'
Chen Rong   35'
Wu Zewei   50', 73', 81'
Geng Taili   59'
Sun Qinhan   90+2'
Chinese Taipei  0–6  South Korea
Report Cheon Seong-hoon   19'
Kim Dong-bum   29', 90+2'
Yong Dong-hyun   37'
Park Chan-bin   63', 70'

South Korea  4–0  China
Lee Dong-ryul   9'
Yong Dong-hyun   15'
Kim Tae-hwan   51'
Shin Sang-whi   56'
Report
Chinese Taipei  2–1  Macau
Chen Wei-tze   46'
Tsai Cheng-ju   75'
Report Leung Chi Seng   82'
Attendance: 66
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)

Group J

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 3 3 0 0 18 1 +17 9 Final tournament
2   Vietnam (H) 3 2 0 1 23 2 +21 6
3   Myanmar 3 1 0 2 12 8 +4 3
4   Guam 3 0 0 3 0 42 −42 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Australia  14–0  Guam
Report
Vietnam  5–1  Myanmar
Trần Văn Đạt   25', 68', 76'
Nguyễn Khắc Khiêm   29'
Nguyễn Huỳnh Sang   33'
Report Aung Chit Oo Ko Ko   30'
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 100
Referee: Wang Di (China)

Myanmar  1–3  Australia
Hein Htet Aung   25' Report Brook   2'
Moric   27'
Najjarine   37'
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 100
Guam  0–18  Vietnam
Report Nguyễn Duy Khiêm   1', 78', 83'
Bùi Anh Đức   8', 30', 32', 38'
Mạch Ngọc Hà   11', 35', 49'
Nguyễn Khắc Khiêm   29'
Nguyễn Hữu Thắng   54'
Uông Ngọc Tiến   63' (pen.)
Trần Văn Đạt   67' (pen.), 80'
Nguyễn Trọng Long   70'
Vũ Đình Hai   81', 85'
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 80

Myanmar  10–0  Guam
Htun Sai   10', 43', 68'
Kyaw Kyaw Htet   16', 33', 35', 73'
Bo Bo Aung   18'
Thet Paing Htoo   26'
Hein Htet Aung   90'
Report
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 50
Australia  1–0  Vietnam
Memeti   30' Report
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 500

Group K

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 2 2 0 0 24 0 +24 6 Final tournament
2   Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 5 9 −4 3
3   Mongolia (H) 2 0 0 2 2 22 −20 0
4   Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Mongolia  0–17  Japan
Report Seko   6' (pen.)
Kubo   8', 24', 44', 45+1', 60'
Miyashiro   16', 34', 82'
Tanahashi   33'
Hirakawa   37', 72', 79'
Suzuki   42'
Nakamura   49', 56'
Sugawara   51'

Hong Kong  5–2  Mongolia
Jonathan Cheung   4' (pen.)
Whilborn   45+2'
Chan Ka Shing   63'
Ethan Yeung   76', 85'
Report Bayarkhuu   68'
Erdenechimeg   89'

Japan  7–0  Hong Kong
Nakamura   15'
Sugawara   34'
Tanahashi   71', 90+1'
Seko   75'
Yamada   79'
Hirakawa   84'
Report

Ranking of second-placed teams

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The ranking among the runner-up team of all groups are determined as follows:[4]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches;
  2. Greater goal difference resulting from the group matches;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in group matches;
  4. Greater number of wins in the group matches;
  5. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  6. Drawing of lots.

In order to ensure equality when comparing the runner-up team of all groups, the results of the matches against the fourth-placed and fifth-placed teams in the groups having four or five teams are ignored due to Groups D, F and K having only three teams after one of the teams in the group withdrew.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 J   Vietnam 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3[a] Final tournament
2 H   Thailand 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3[a]
3 E   India 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3 Final tournament as hosts
4 D   United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 8 7 +1 3 Final tournament
5 B   Oman 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
6 A   Yemen 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3 Qualified in Final tournament
for the suspension of Kuwait made by FIFA.
7 C   Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
8 I   China 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3
9 K   Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 5 9 −4 3
10 F   Syria 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2[b]
11 G   Laos 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2[b]
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Vietnam and Thailand are ranked by disciplinary points.
  2. ^ a b Syria and Laos are ranked by disciplinary points.

Qualified teams

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The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[8]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament2
  India Hosts and 3rd best runners-up 3 June 2015 6 (1990, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012)
  Uzbekistan Group A winners 20 September 2015 8 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Kyrgyzstan Group B winners 27 October 2015[9] 0 (debut)
  Iraq Group C winners 20 September 2015 8 (1985, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012)
  Saudi Arabia Group D winners 20 September 2015 9 (1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014)
  Iran Group E winners 20 September 2015 9 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Malaysia Group G winners 20 September 2015 3 (2004, 2008, 2014)
  North Korea Group H winners 6 September 2015 9 (1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  South Korea Group I winners 20 September 2015 11 (1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014)
  Australia Group J winners 20 September 2015 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Japan Group K winners 20 September 2015 12 (1988, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Vietnam 1st best runners-up 20 September 2015 5 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010)
  Thailand 2nd best runners-up 20 September 2015 9 (1985, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2014)
  United Arab Emirates 4th best runners-up 20 September 2015 6 (1990, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2008, 2010)
  Oman 5th best runners-up 20 September 2015 8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Yemen 6th best runners-up 28 May 2016 [10] 4 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2012)
2 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

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6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: the-afc.com

References

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  1. ^ a b "India to host AFC U-16 Championship 2016". AFC. 3 June 2015.
  2. ^ "AFC U-16 Championship 2016 qualifying draw concluded". AFC. 5 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Impact of Football Association of Indonesia suspension". AFC. 3 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Regulations AFC U-16 Championship 2016" (PDF). AFC.
  5. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  6. ^ "Nepal barred from U-16 C'ship Finals". Kathmandu Post. 27 October 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d "Nepal excluded from the AFC U-16 Championship India 2016". AFC. 27 October 2015.
  8. ^ "AFC U-16 Championship finalists confirmed". the-AFC.com. 21 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Kyrgyzstan to compete at AFC U-16 C'ship after Nepal exclusion". AFC. 27 October 2015.
  10. ^ "AFC U-16 Championship India 2016: The Groups". AFC. 28 May 2016.
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